pinyin
Spanish, noun/ˈpinʝin/
pinyin is spelled P-I-N-Y-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 123,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinyin is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Pinyin (romanisation standard for Mandarin Chinese)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sistema de transcripción fonética del chino mandarín que utiliza el alfabeto latino”.
What does pinyin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePinyin (romanisation standard for Mandarin Chinese)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sistema de transcripción fonética del chino mandarín que utiliza el alfabeto latino.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce pinyin?
- /ˈpinʝin/
- [ˈpĩɲ.ɟ͡ʝĩn]
- [ˈpĩɲʝĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pinyin in Spanish?
pinyin appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).